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#AAA4FA

#aaa4fa ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aaa4fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 64.31% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32% cyan, 34.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 244.19°, with 89.58% saturation and 81.18% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 8.58.

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Relative luminance0.42

Complementary

  1. #aaa4fa
  2. #f4faa4

Split complementary

  1. #aaa4fa
  2. #fad5a4
  3. #c9faa4

Analogous

  1. #a4c9fa
  2. #aaa4fa
  3. #d5a4fa

Triadic

  1. #aaa4fa
  2. #faaaa4
  3. #a4faaa

Tetradic

  1. #aaa4fa
  2. #faa4f4
  3. #f4faa4
  4. #a4faaa

Square

  1. #aaa4fa
  2. #faa4c9
  3. #f4faa4
  4. #a4fad5

Monochromatic

  1. #2313f2
  2. #665cf6
  3. #aaa4fa
  4. #edecfe
  5. #edecfe

Shades

#aaa4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaa4fa
  2. #9994e1
  3. #8883c8
  4. #7773af
  5. #666296
  6. #55527d
  7. #444264
  8. #33314b
  9. #222132
  10. #111019
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaa4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaa4fa
  2. #b3adfb
  3. #bbb6fb
  4. #c4bffc
  5. #ccc8fc
  6. #d5d2fd
  7. #dddbfd
  8. #e6e4fe
  9. #eeedfe
  10. #f7f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaa4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaa4fa
  2. #a6a0ee
  3. #a29de2
  4. #9d99d5
  5. #9996c9
  6. #9592bd
  7. #918eb1
  8. #8d8ba5
  9. #888798
  10. #84848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acaad1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab0fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89abf8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #96b4c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98abfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97a8f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9eaedb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaa4fa {
  color: #aaa4fa;
}
Background
.bg-aaa4fa {
  background-color: #aaa4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaa4fa {
  border: 2px solid #aaa4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaa4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 164 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 244 90% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaa4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaa4fa, #d5a4fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaa4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 164 250 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.58 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.65 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.27 #e0b0ff Mauve ΔE 11.57 #c9a0dc Wisteria ΔE 11.64 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 12.75 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 13.55 #555b05 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaa4fa  rgb(170, 164, 250)  hsl(244, 90%, 81%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#f4faa4  rgb(244, 250, 164)  hsl(64, 90%, 81%)  Pastel Yellow
#faaaa4  rgb(250, 170, 164)  hsl(4, 90%, 81%)  Melon
#a4faaa  rgb(164, 250, 170)  hsl(124, 90%, 81%)  Pale Green